by XPolice | Jun 14, 2018 | National, News
The Senate has passed a critical amendment to the Impaired Driving Act that would spare permanent residents sentenced to less than six months from being deported. Bill C-46 intends to raise the maximum penalty for impaired driving in Canada from five to 10 years. As...
by XPolice | May 25, 2018 | National, News
The government’s leader in the Senate, Peter Harder, slammed the committee’s removal of the provision In a controversial move that may set up another showdown with the House of Commons, a Senate committee voted on Wednesday night to remove random alcohol...
by XPolice | Jan 10, 2018 | National, News
The family of a Calgary man who died after his vehicle was hit by an impaired driver four years ago says it’s time for the punishment to fit the crime and is appealing to the government to make improvements to impaired driving legislation. Francis Pesa, 20,...
by XPolice | Oct 26, 2017 | Driving Concerns, National, News
A Liberal MP is calling on the federal justice and transport ministers to develop a plan to tackle distracted driving across Canada. Doug Eyolfson, the rookie MP for the Manitoba riding of Charleswood-St. James-Assiniboia-Headingley, has brought forward a private...
by XPolice | Oct 4, 2017 | National, News
See if you can figure this out: Court delays are a massive problem in Canada; the most frequent type of criminal case in the country is impaired driving; the federal Liberals have introduced legislation specifically designed to catch, and charge, more people with...